[Shotimes] y pipe removal/installation

[colin cooney]

What fun!

I have some drilling to do on some exhaust manifold studs, but I was 
wondering, if I put a nut on the remainder of the stud, then reverse tapped 
it and reverse threaded another nut under it, couldn't I just try and 
continue ratcheting the stud out, or is the theory that "it broke once, 
it'll break again" likely to ring true.

Two words came to me after I packed up due to rain "tungsten carbide", I was 
making very little progress with my craftsman drill bits, so I'm gonna pick 
one up at the old sears store.

If anyone has the part numbers from an autozone or napa for the new exhaust 
studs, that would be a help. Their online sites need some work.

On a brighter note: it felt pretty good to get back under the SHO for some 
"shadetree mechanic-ing", yeah for about 10 minutes until the asphalt 
started penetrating my brain lobes :)

I've checked out the boards on this , but if anyone has any pearls o wisdom, 
I'd sure appreciate the feedback.

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